switch on

verb

switched on; switching on; switches on

: to turn on (something) by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.

I switched on the TV.

She switched the light on.

Examples of switch on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Grayson was accompanied by another deputy who had his body camera switched on throughout the encounter. — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026

At the other end of the age scale, 5% of over-75s choose Netflix first while 48% switch on the 100-year-old national broadcaster. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Had one of the vandals entered the kitchen downstairs and switched on the motor? — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

Between the server and each external node sits a quantum gate that can be switched on or off. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for switch on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon